40Ar39Ar thermochronological evidence for formation and Mesozoic evolution of the northern-central segment of the Altyn Tagh fault system in the northern Tibetan Plateau

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1336-1346

  Wang, Yu ^a   Zhang, Xuemin ^b   Wang, Erchie ^c   Zhang, Jinfeng ^d   Li, Qi ^e   Sun, Guihua ^e  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Altyn Tagh fault system; Mechanism; Paleozoic Mesozoic; Sinistral strike slip motion; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

ALTYN TAGH FAULT SYSTEM; SINISTRAL STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FAULT ZONE; JURASSIC; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 24644433896     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25685.1     Document Type: Article

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